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About Journalism That Matters -- and who we are
Journalism That Matters is the name used by an informal collaborative which has been meeting and talking for six years.
JOURNALISM THAT MATTERS hosts conversations with a purpose. It engages the entire system of journalism –- reporters, editors, publishers, camera people, photographers, academics and audience, from newspapers, radio, television, and online media, including both mainstream and alternative sources -- with the changing nature and definition of news in a changing world. The point is to recommit journalism to what is fundamental for connecting news with its audience so that it serves and sustains us. We talk about building a new news ecology which recognizes the pivotal role played by technology and networks, and the elevation of the news consumer to a role creating news as well.
Hundreds of people have participated in five JTM convenings since 2001. You can read a representative list buy downloading our PDF backgrounder. Here are some of the people who have been most consistent and recently involved in organizing the convenings:
